diff --git a/Application/AppController.h b/Application/AppController.h
index 7814d98f0..5ba197a82 100644
--- a/Application/AppController.h
+++ b/Application/AppController.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 	
 	AppleRemote *remote;
 	BOOL remoteButtonHeld; /* true as long as the user holds the left,right,plus or minus on the remote control */
+	
+    NSOperationQueue *queue; // Since we are the app delegate, we take care of the op queue
 }
 
 - (IBAction)openURL:(id)sender;
@@ -82,5 +84,7 @@ OSStatus handleHotKey(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler,EventRef theEvent,void *us
 - (IBAction)decreaseFontSize:(id)sender;
 - (void)changeFontSize:(float)size;
 
+// return the operation queue
+- (NSOperationQueue *)sharedOperationQueue;
 
 @end
diff --git a/Application/AppController.m b/Application/AppController.m
index 3358e5554..024a1875a 100644
--- a/Application/AppController.m
+++ b/Application/AppController.m
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@
 				
 		remote = [[AppleRemote alloc] init];
 		[remote setDelegate: self];
+		
+        queue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc]init];
 	}
 	
 	return self; 
 }
 
+- (void)dealloc
+{
+    [queue release];
+    [super dealloc];
+}
+
 // Listen to the remote in exclusive mode, only when Cog is the active application
 - (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(NSNotification *)notification
 {
@@ -462,4 +470,9 @@ increase/decrease as long as the user holds the left/right, plus/minus button */
 	[self changeFontSize:-1];
 	
 } 
+
+- (NSOperationQueue *)sharedOperationQueue
+{
+    return queue;
+}
 @end
diff --git a/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.h b/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.h
index b2baff7a3..da160ef45 100644
--- a/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.h
+++ b/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.h
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@
 + (NSSet *)keyPathsForValuesAffectingStatus;
 + (NSSet *)keyPathsForValuesAffectingStatusMessage;
 
-- (void)setProperties:(NSDictionary *)properties;
-- (void)readPropertiesThread;
-- (void)readMetadataThread;
-
 @property(readonly) NSString *display;
 @property(retain, readonly) NSNumber *length;
 @property(readonly) NSString *path;
diff --git a/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.m b/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.m
index d46acccad..0b1524f41 100644
--- a/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.m
+++ b/Playlist/PlaylistEntry.m
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 //
 
 #import "PlaylistEntry.h"
-#import "CogAudio/AudioPropertiesReader.h"
-#import "CogAudio/AudioMetadataReader.h"
 
 @implementation PlaylistEntry
 
@@ -76,34 +74,6 @@
 	return [NSSet setWithObjects:@"current", @"queued", @"queuePosition", @"error", @"errorMessage", @"stopAfter", nil];
 }
 
-- (void)setProperties:(NSDictionary *)properties
-{
-	if (properties == nil)
-	{
-		self.error = YES;
-		self.errorMessage = @"Unable to retrieve properties.";
-
-		return;
-	}
-
-	[self setValuesForKeysWithDictionary:properties];
-}
-
-- (void)readPropertiesThread
-{
-	NSDictionary *properties = [AudioPropertiesReader propertiesForURL:self.URL];
-
-	[self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(setProperties:) withObject:properties waitUntilDone:YES];
-}
-
-- (void)readMetadataThread
-{
-	NSDictionary *metadata = [AudioMetadataReader metadataForURL:self.URL];
-
-	[self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(setValuesForKeysWithDictionary:) withObject:metadata waitUntilDone:YES];
-
-}
-
 - (NSString *)description
 {
 	return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"PlaylistEntry %i:(%@)", self.index, self.URL];
diff --git a/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.h b/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.h
index e3e33eab2..b58087dec 100755
--- a/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.h
+++ b/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 
 @class PlaylistController;
+@class PlaylistEntry;
 
 typedef enum {
 	kPlaylistM3u,
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ typedef enum {
 - (BOOL)saveM3u:(NSString *)filename;
 - (BOOL)savePls:(NSString *)filename;
 
+//read info for a playlist entry
+- (NSDictionary *)readEntryInfo:(PlaylistEntry *)pe;
+
 - (NSArray *)acceptableFileTypes;
 - (NSArray *)acceptablePlaylistTypes; //Only m3u and pls saving
 - (NSArray *)acceptableContainerTypes;
diff --git a/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m b/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m
index 9a9b9badf..44eae2f59 100755
--- a/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m
+++ b/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@
 #import "PlaylistLoader.h"
 #import "PlaylistController.h"
 #import "PlaylistEntry.h"
+#import "AppController.h"
 
 #import "NSFileHandle+CreateFile.h"
 
 #import "CogAudio/AudioPlayer.h"
 #import "CogAudio/AudioContainer.h"
+#import "CogAudio/AudioPropertiesReader.h"
+#import "CogAudio/AudioMetadataReader.h"
 
 @implementation PlaylistLoader
 
@@ -265,32 +268,77 @@
 	//Select the first entry in the group that was just added
 	[playlistController setSelectionIndex:index];
 	
-	//Other thread for reading things...
-    [self performSelectorInBackground:@selector(readEntriesInfoThread:) withObject:entries];
-	
+    NSOperationQueue *queue;
+    queue = [[[NSApplication sharedApplication] delegate] sharedOperationQueue];
+    
+    NSInvocationOperation *oldReadEntryInfoOperation = Nil;
+    for (PlaylistEntry *pe in entries)
+    {
+        NSInvocationOperation *readEntryInfoOperation;
+        readEntryInfoOperation = [[[NSInvocationOperation alloc]
+                                    initWithTarget:self
+                                          selector:@selector(readEntryInfo:)
+                                            object:pe] autorelease];
+        if (oldReadEntryInfoOperation)
+        {
+            [readEntryInfoOperation addDependency:oldReadEntryInfoOperation];
+            [oldReadEntryInfoOperation release];
+        }
+        [readEntryInfoOperation addObserver:self
+                                 forKeyPath:@"isFinished"
+                                    options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew
+                                    context:NULL];
+        [queue addOperation:readEntryInfoOperation];
+        oldReadEntryInfoOperation = [readEntryInfoOperation retain];
+    }
 	return;
 }
 
-- (void)readEntriesInfoThread:(NSArray *)entries
+- (NSDictionary *)readEntryInfo:(PlaylistEntry *)pe
 {
-	NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+    // Just setting this to 30 for now...
+    NSMutableDictionary *entryInfo = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:30];
+    NSDictionary *entryProperties;
+    entryProperties = [AudioPropertiesReader propertiesForURL:pe.URL];
+    if (entryProperties == nil)
+        return nil;
+        
+    [entryInfo addEntriesFromDictionary:entryProperties];
+    [entryInfo addEntriesFromDictionary:[AudioMetadataReader metadataForURL:pe.URL]];
+    return entryInfo;
+}
 
-	PlaylistEntry *pe;
-	for (pe in entries)
-	{
-		[pe readPropertiesThread];
-
-		[pe readMetadataThread];
-
-		//Hack so the display gets updated
-		if (pe == [playlistController currentEntry])
-			[playlistController performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(setCurrentEntry:) withObject:[playlistController currentEntry] waitUntilDone:YES];
-	}
-
-
-	[playlistController performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(updateTotalTime) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
-	
-	[pool release];
+- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath
+                      ofObject:(id)object
+                        change:(NSDictionary *)change
+                       context:(void *)context
+{
+    // We finished reading the info for a playlist entry
+    if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"isFinished"] && [object isFinished])
+    {
+        // get the results
+        NSDictionary *entryInfo = [object result];
+        // get the playlist entry that the thread was inspecting
+        PlaylistEntry *pe;
+        [[object invocation]getArgument:&pe atIndex:2];
+        
+        if (entryInfo == nil)
+        {
+            pe.error = YES;
+            pe.errorMessage = @"Unable to retrieve properties.";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            [pe setValuesForKeysWithDictionary:entryInfo];
+            [playlistController updateTotalTime];
+        }
+        
+        //Hack so the display gets updated
+        if (pe == [playlistController currentEntry])
+            [playlistController setCurrentEntry:[playlistController currentEntry]];
+        // stop observing
+        [object removeObserver:self forKeyPath:keyPath];
+    }
 }
 
 - (void)addURLs:(NSArray *)urls sort:(BOOL)sort